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Royal Observatory Astronomer finds possible new life

1 April 2011 – In the early hours of this morning, top ROG astronomer Firla Pool made a chance discovery while observing that could potentially reshape our understanding of alien life.

Making observations late into the night at the ROG’s famous 17¾-inch telescope, Ms Pool stopped by the astronomers’ refrigerator for a sustaining snack. On opening the door, she was amazed to be met by an array of colourful, pulsating lifeforms which had apparently evolved super-rapidly on an abandoned pot of pro-biotic yogurt, several years over its use-by date. Ms Pool was convinced that the lifeforms were trying to communicate with her, and claims she distinctly heard a voice saying “Take me to your larder”, though she later admitted that she may have been mistaken as she was rather tired.

Unfortunately, when an excited team of scientists and journalists arrived at the Observatory this morning, they discovered that the cleaner had got there first and had decontaminated the whole area. “I don’t know when that fridge was last cleaned,” confessed the cleaner, Miss Tayke. “We tend to avoid it as the astronomers keep Moon cheese in there, and it can get very smelly.”

Coincidentally, a member of the cleaning team was also involved in a surprise astronomical discovery on exactly the same date last year.

  1. has she also found signs of activia on other planets?

    Comment by mike 1 April 2011 @ 11:05 am

  2. Thanks-a-mundo for the blog post. Cool.

    Comment by Clay Colemon 5 August 2011 @ 4:45 am

  3. Great blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Great.

    Comment by Jonathan Kaneko 5 August 2011 @ 6:37 am

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